Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, today I wish to honor a true original,
the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, on 150 years of brewing great
beer in Wisconsin's North Woods. The Leinenkugels were fairly typical
Wisconsinites in the mid-1800s--German, immigrants, and lovers of beer. Jacob Leinenkugel started in the business in 1867 after he and three
brothers learned the craft from their father, a brewer and distiller. Together, the Leinenkugel family started four breweries, including the
Spring Brewery, which eventually became Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing. While the Leinenkugel family was typical, the brewery they started
became far from ordinary. For a century and a half, the Jacob
Leinenkugel Brewing Company has put Chippewa Falls, WI, on the map and
excellent beer in the hands of people throughout Wisconsin and the
country.
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